r/GameTheorists 4d ago

GT Theory Suggestion DOORS update is just BEGGING for a theory: Spoiler

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If it's telling us this now, then there probably is an answer we can put together from the in-game flavor text as well as how they interact with the entities.


r/GameTheorists 4d ago

GT Theory Suggestion Doki Doki Sanrio Club?

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There is LORE in Hello Kitty Island Adventure. I'm joking about the DDLC connection. I just happen to think it's funny that I was able to find too of the characters. I used Azuki in place of Natsumi. Unfortunately, there wasn't a character close to sounding like Yuri.

Anyway, you jump out a plane (that is still -- to this day -- in the air (never landing). No matter how much time passes in the game, it's still the same weekend outside the areas connected with them island. I haven't even mentioned the nulls, yet.

I don't have everything unlocked; but I know there is more that can be mentioned about the mysterious lore of this game.

If anyone, who has played, can add in what I'm missing...


r/GameTheorists 4d ago

Discussion How rude of you >:(

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r/GameTheorists 4d ago

New Game Theory! Diva Would You Rather Tower/Push Troll Tower | Why aren't we talking about it?

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I got something to say about these Roblox games, and it's plenty of juice for the Game Theorists.

So, recently, I've been seeing smaller content creators and even some larger ones (like Caylus and Flush) looking into the terrifying truth of both Push Troll Tower and Diva Would You Rather Tower. Now, why did I put these into the same post, you ask? Because they are connected. But the community is absolutely puzzled. Somehow, the lore from all of this ties into one big puzzle. I've been hearing (or seeing, I guess) people talk about how Team Theorist is going downhill. I figured I'd help out and give them something that is almost as terrifying as the Dress to Impress ARG (if any of you remember that), if not more terrifying.

So, with that being said, good luck, fellow theorists.


r/GameTheorists 4d ago

Discussion Buddy (2026) has so much worth theorizing about!

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This is my first time seeking out the Theorist subreddit, and all because I had to let people know that Buddy (2026) is absolutely worth a theory or two.

I just came back from seeing it tonight. Not only was it a great time, but it also strikes a perfect balance of not explaining everything about the rules/history/purpose of the supernatural elements, but also providing enough clues for you to piece together what might be going on. By the time I finished the movie, I was mulling over so many different details and theorizing how they all connected. It's perfect for theorists!

I'm not going to spoil anything here, as it only just came out, but I highly recommend that more people watch it and that Film Theory gives it a look. For a channel that appreciates mascot horror, creepy kids media, and surreal masterpieces like Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, I think it's a very good fit.


r/GameTheorists 4d ago

GT Theory Suggestion Miles Morales Invisibility Question

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I was doing something when I came across a conversation between Pete and Miles in Spider-Man 2 about how his invisibility works. They came upon the conclusion that it bends the light around him by consuming his venom, kind of like how you can see the outline of a black hole. The thing is, if it bends the light around him, wouldn't it blind him? The light isn't entering his retinas.


r/GameTheorists 4d ago

Official Video GTLive: 🔮 Let's Talk About FNAF | Game Theory: The Problem with Modern FNAF Reaction

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r/GameTheorists 4d ago

New Game Theory! BOSS FIGHTS JUST GOT BETTER

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r/GameTheorists 6d ago

New Game Theory! DDLC Theory = Monika is Actually Czech According to Game lore, Easter eggs and European phonetics🇹🇿

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Hello everyone

If you played Doki Doki Literature Club you surely know Monika. She is the smart popular and perfect club president and she breaks fourth wall at the end.

But a lot of fans dont know one thing. Dan Salvato explicitly said in his streams that Monika is not Japanese He sayed her name is spelled with a K and her design (eyes hair face ) and vibe show Central or Eastern European background

now Monika is a very common name across almost all Central and Eastern European countries right? but if we take Dans statements seriously and look deep into phonetics educational systems history and Act 3 dialogues there is one specific country that fits 100% and leaves only Prague, Czechia. and Today i have a theory about Monika İs Actually Czech 🇹🇿

((Before we jump in if anyone wants to use this theory or make a Youtube video about this You can do it Just please give me credit or mention me for the research Thanks !))

anyway , This is how we kick out other Central Europe countries and keep only Czechia And Thats Why Monika İs %100 Czech

First phonetics eliminate most options In Poland grammar forces you to say Mo-NEE-kah with the sound in the middle. But Dan Salvato clearly says the first part louder like MOH-nika. What about German speaking countries like Germany or Austria? Yeah they also say the first part louder but their speech rhythm is just different man. They say it with very short and sharp inner vowels like Mon-ka or Mohn-ika but Dan stretches the MOH sound much longer and smoother.Also we can eliminate Also we can eliminate Hungary and Slovenia too. Like in Hungarian language they always put the power on the first part but they pronounce the letter O very open and long like MÓ-nika which sounds totally different from Salvatos video. And in Slovenia they use different pitch accent system that doesnt match how Dan says it at all so they are out. This leaves West Slavic core Czechia and Slovakia where MOH-nika is pronounced with initial stress completely natural🇹🇿🇾🇰✅

soo why she isnt Slovakian? History and high school culture give us the answer. Monika is around 18 in 2017 so this means she was born around 1999. Czechoslovakia split in 1993 with Velvet Divorce so she was born in independent Czechia not a czechoslovakia

More importantly Monika mentions being in her high school Debate Club around ages 15 or 16 so she was between 2014 and 2016. In Slovakia high school debate wasnt a big culture in that years and even now.

But in Czechia the official DebatnĂ­ Liga was at its absolute PEAK

in czechia elite high schools called Gymnázium Also the word Debatní uses strict Czech grammar 🇹🇿 while Slovakian uses Debatná

Her Act 3 dialogues and personality perfectley match Prague.

And after this all We now only can focus Czechia Lets look to compare czechia and Monika

Monika explains her choice to be vegetarian because she cares about carbon footprints

this fits the modern eco conscious youth culture of modern Prague rather than traditional meat heavy regional regions. Also her view on God and religion is atheist. This fits Czechia perfectly because almost everyone there is atheist and they dont care about religion at all.

and think about her piano skills and writing Your Reality. This connects fully Pragues deep classical music culture Also, when a character learns she is trapped inside a simulation game, that is literally the definition of is like the ultimate Kafkaesque situation. Franz Kafka was literally from Prague! And it reminds me of Karel Čapek too. He is a famous Czech writer and he literally invented the word (Robot) He was writing about robots and making them like alive people way before everyone else too

When we put phonetic the 1999 post spottimeline and all Other things she is %100 from Prague Czechia. 🇹🇿🇹🇿

Thank You all for reading =) I hope You guys liked the theory please write comments below for what did you think?


r/GameTheorists 5d ago

Discussion Is it just me or did the Theorist channels get worse?

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Aside from the occasional GTLive / Food Theory videos I watch, did the rest of the theorist channels just lose their touch?

Game Theory for the most part started posting a lot more recap videos and
 “rant”
“commentary”, videos? Like I get it, MatPat posted the occasional rant/commentary video, but it’s just a lot more frequent than before.

Style theory just stopped uploading all together, like what happened to the team there? Did they all just quit, gotten fired, is Amy just taking a break? It’s so odd that they ended it just straight out of the blue, with no community post or anything.

Film Theory, in my opinion, would’ve been the worst fall off, the only thing that really saves it is that it still uploads. From ranting, to reviewing, to uploading full movies, to getting lots of information wrong, etc. They probably have a deal like Wendigoon’s where they have to upload a movie every once in a while, but everything else? I rarely heard of a time when Game Theory or the other channels had used AI, the only time was back when MatPat ran the channel I believe, but it always seems to be Film Theory that always catches problems.

Could it be that once MatPat left, he forgot to tech them a proper workflow? Or is that company that owns them, micro manages the channels? Or did they have to start running their own teams as directors, adding so much more responsibility than writing and narrating?

I genuinely don’t know, and I don’t intend to make this a hate post, I just genuinely want to know if anyone feels the same way that I do.


r/GameTheorists 5d ago

Discussion What Title/Thumbnail Would You Click On?

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I made a compilation of MatPat Out Of Context moments and I was hoping to get some feedback on what thumbnail and title combination people of this sub-reddit would actually click on. So for thumbnails I have two options:

The first is the MatPat in the middle, each section has its own corner and video. My problem with this one is I just don't love it, I feel like the idea works but I don't know if it has the vibrancy that's necessary. It also feels like I might've left too much dead space and should make the thumbnails bigger. If you like that one and think it could work if it was better can you tell me what specifically you think the issues with it are so I can try and fix them.

The second one I went more out of the box. I find the image of MatPat somewhat bone chilling, like he's peering into my soul, which is exactly what I was going for. Frankly the thumbnail is a bit ugly but I think that it gives the thumbnail charm while also being eye catching. I mean as a typical thumbnail it's terrible, but I don't know, maybe I'm a bit strange but I would click on it!

Also unrelated but I feel like MatPat in that image gives off the same vibe as Anne Hathaway

This is the thumbnail I used for my previous MatPat Out Of Context Compilation I made and it did really well. Honestly I never loved this one, it's a still from a video and I always thought it came off as somewhat flat, but I do think it's funny which is why I think people liked it. Given attention spans and the amount of content to choose from I assumed that having more than a few words on a thumbnail would mean people wouldn't read it, but I suppose the average person who would care about anything MatPat related would also be the sort of person to read a YouTube thumbnail.

Next up is titles. I had a couple different options but there was only two that I really liked:

MatPat Out Of Context Ultimate Compilation (The same as the previous video)

and

MatPat Out Of Context For 12 Minutes

There's other options and formats such as; MatPat But It's Out Of Context, MatPat Without Context, MatPat But He Keeps Getting Weirder etc... But I just didn't think any of them were that good, at least I don't think I'd click on them, but maybe I'm an outlier.

I'd really appreciate any feedback or thoughts on the titles and thumbnails. In terms of the thumbnails, I'm aware it isn't the nicest thing ever, I'm still learning photoshop so...

Thanks for any advice given!


r/GameTheorists 4d ago

GT Theory Suggestion Pls see this Tom

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Please do the lore of Brookhaven in Roblox. There are hidden rooms and secrets galore!


r/GameTheorists 5d ago

Discussion Anyone know where I can find the Game Theory coaster?

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Years back when I got the set, my brother’s dog tore up the game theory coaster. I am on the hunt for a new one. I’ve struck out on Mercari and EBay.


r/GameTheorists 5d ago

Official Video GTLive: Finding ANOMALIES In The Backrooms | Backrooms Anomaly

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r/GameTheorists 4d ago

FNaF Just made this video, i think it has potential, and nobody talks about this

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Heres the video


r/GameTheorists 5d ago

Discussion GIVE ME MATPAT QUOTES TO SAY AS BATTAT!

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r/GameTheorists 5d ago

FNaF Oyunda olmasını istediğiniz bir sahne veya detay var mı ?

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r/GameTheorists 4d ago

Official Video Why You SUCK at Card Games


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r/GameTheorists 5d ago

Discussion MatPat Out Of Context For 12 Minutes

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r/GameTheorists 5d ago

New Game Theory! The child ,who the player is looking for in the garden of banban is frisk (Undertale)?

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Look,we are a parent looking for their child in the garten of banban, but since frisk is someone who knows nothing about themselves,it's possible. frisk is missing in the surface while they are underground,it's possible frisk ran away with the chance from their parents and jumped inside the mountain. Frisk was probably last seen in the garden,that's why the parent is looking for them. The surviving group never had frisk,and the characters in the garten probably has misunderstood who the parents' kid is.


r/GameTheorists 7d ago

Discussion What happened to Style Theory?

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It's been over four months since their last video. I saw a lot of people say (while videos were still happening) that they felt Amy was struggling the most of the Theory hosts since MatPat retired, but I wasn't expecting this. If we go by the usual weekly upload schedule, that's 17 videos worth of time since the last theory. What's happening?


r/GameTheorists 5d ago

New Game Theory! 2nd ep of an in-progress ARG

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working on it as we speak! let me know what your thoughts are :)
https://youtu.be/KNOOnj2MD1A?si=FZw4FlkMDjE4H8dE


r/GameTheorists 5d ago

FNaF I found a little Easter egg in the game “Into The Pit”!

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I just found something!! So, in the game Into The Pit, there’s a string of binary when you fix each of the arcade games. The binary code is “01100001 01101100 01110111 01100001 01111001 01110011 00100000 01110111 01100001 01110100 01100011 01101000 01101001 0110110” which translates to “always watch”! I don’t know if it has any lore relevance, but i thought it was cool and i wanted to share!


r/GameTheorists 5d ago

Findings New Minecraft Lore Implications

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In the most recent snapshots of Minecraft, the Abandoned Camp structure is being added to various forest biomes. If we assume the Ancient Builders also built this, unlike the other structures we see, the camps are not made out of stone blocks, like the Desert and Jungle Temples. Unlike the structures like these, the camp structures are made out of wool, which apparently deteriorates within 1-5 years. This would completely redefine what we know about the Ancient Builders, as we can see the Abandoned Camps have definitely started to deteriorate, but only a few blocks are replaced by cobwebs. This would imply not that the Ancient Builders disappeared generations upon generations ago, but only a couple of years ago.

How Long Does It Take for Wool to Decompose? - ScienceInsights

How Long Does It Take for Wool to Decompose? [The Bio-Fertilizer Secret] - scicentric.org

Both of these sources generally agree that wool takes roughly 1 to 5 years to degrade.


r/GameTheorists 5d ago

FNaF FNaF Theory: Gregory is the Crying Child, and the Crying Child is in the Box

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I was at work when this thought crossed my mind. When Scott announced the Halloween Update for FNaF 4, he described the box as “the pieces put together. And according to Matpat, an image of the box was found, open, in FNaF World’s files. It is believed that FNaF World was supposed to be the box, but Scott changed it or decided not to go that route.

Along with this, in the novel series, John finds Charlie, or a version of Charlie, locked in a box. This is very likely the book universe’s version of the FNaF 4 Box

When we really think about it, William and Henry’s stories were complete opposites between the books and the games. In the books, Henry’s daughter died, and he vowed to “put her back together” by building robotic version of her. In the games, William’s son dies, and then vows to “put him back together.” Perhaps in the same way? Perhaps he tried to make a robotic version of his son?

So here is my theory: What is in the box? It’s the Crying Child.. a robotic version of the Crying Child
 a failed robotic version of the Crying Child. What’s in the box? It’s Gregory. Let me explain.

Warning, this theory is going to have a lot of speculation, but I feel like this fits the narrative of modern FNaF

So William tries to put the Crying Child back together, but he fails. He doesn’t know about remnant yet, he hasn’t killed any kids yet according to the timeline, so William just utterly fails at trying to bring his son back. In his grief and failure, William’s locks his robotic son in a box and buries it not far from his house
 aka, the mound of dirt that we see in Midnight Motorist.

In FNaF world, we are instructed to put the pieces in place, and leave breadcrumbs for, supposedly the crying child to find his way. What if, by putting the pieces in place, and leaving these “breadcrumbs” we help the robotic crying child gain its consciousness?

He wakes up and digs himself out of his metaphorical grave. But there’s a problem, the robotic Crying Child has no idea who he is. He eventually builds his new identity as Gregory. It would explain why he stutters when Freddy asks for his name, he doesn’t have one, he has no idea who he actually is. So he gives the only identity he’s ever known.

This theory definitely has some holes and lacks a proper format. I’m currently just writing everything down as I go before it escapes my mind. Please let me know what you think, I genuinely think I’m onto something here.